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CVE-2006-3298: yahoo messenger

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 29-06-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-3298 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in yahoo messenger. EPSS estimates a 2.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.99%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 29-06-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Yahoo! Messenger 7.5.0.814 and 7.0.438 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages that contain non-ASCII characters, which triggers the crash in jscript.dll.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.99%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.99% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.99%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (secunia.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoswindowsVerified

    Yahoo! Messenger 7.0/7.5 - 'jscript.dll' Non-ASCII Character Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Yahoo1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

4 links